Forward December 2019 | Page 19

SENIOR SCHOOL accommodate both genders together as they would in the family home. The design of the building allows for students to feel safe in age and gender specific areas while supporting staff to effectively supervise interactions in the many co-educational spaces. By creating such an environment the many brothers and sisters who will board here will be able to live together, as they do at home, not segregated on the basis of their gender. Having been involved in a boys only boarding program for the past seven years, I can already see the advantages our boarders will have by interacting with girls on a daily basis. This environment will allow both boys and girls to learn from and with each other, gaining different perspectives on the countless hurdles they must navigate together on their boarding journey. As a father of a boy and two girls I believe it is incredibly important for the students’ social and emotional development to take place in a world that reflects the reality of which they will eventually live and hopefully thrive. Mr Matthew Weston Head of Boarding Congratulations to our Senior School Leaders for 2020 The 2020 Co–Captains, Co–Vice–Captains, Boarding Captain, House Captains and House Sacristans were all named at a special assembly in Term 4. Our warmest congratulations to the following students: Co–Captains of School Prefects Ellen Cutler and William Kail William Bond John Carter Olivia Park Trent Sherlock Max Stewart Co–Vice Captains of School Jade Begovich and Lauren Byford 2020 House Captains William Tang Lewis Tester Charlie Weston Terence Win Captain of Boarding 2020 Sacristans Mackenzie Hall Michael Jenkinson and William Kail School – Lachlan Minchin Stirling – Terence Win St George’s – Tristan Gorringe Henn’s – Charlie Weston Harper – Alexander Jones Woodbridge – Olivia Park Freeth – William Bond Bennett – Trent Sherlock Congratulations to all of these Year 11 students on their leadership roles in 2020. 19